ASSAY

noun trial; attempt; essay.

2. assay ·noun tested purity or value.

3. assay ·vi to attempt, try, or endeavor.

4. assay ·v to affect.

5. assay ·v to try tasting, as food or drink.

6. assay ·noun the alloy or metal to be assayed.

7. assay ·noun examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.

8. assay ·noun trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

9. assay ·v to try; to attempt; to apply.

10. assay ·noun the act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

11. assay ·v to subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.